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Post-contractual Anarchy and the Samaritan’s Dilemma
Originally published in The Independent Review
The Samaritan’s dilemma is more than a simple game analyzing the limits of redistributive policies. It is a broader framework for understanding the post-constitutional anarchy that James Buchanan observed in America in the 1970s – and which remains with us today.